Before we get to the video, I just want to pause on Shane and The Pogues and their majesty.
Celebrating Music's Irreverent Soul
In the tapestry of music history, certain artists and bands shine as unfiltered, unapologetic embodiments of raw talent and rebellious spirit. Among these luminaries, Shane and The Pogues...
This year, as reported by The Guardian, the popular social challenge known as "Whamageddon" has resurfaced, drawing in participants once more.
The challenge revolves around avoiding the 1984 song "Last Christmas" by the band Wham! before the arrival of Christmas. Participants must steer clear of encountering this tune while engaging...
At the funeral of Shane MacGowan in Co Tipperary, Ireland, a moving rendition of his beloved song "Fairytale Of New York" filled the church as tributes poured in from stars like Johnny Depp, Bono, and Nick Cave.
Father Pat Gilbert welcomed mourners, acknowledging the immense impact MacGowan had on people's...
What Jim Morrison would make of 2023 is difficult to ascertain. He struggled enough with the mayhem of the Vietnam war and thus to have had to endure a world in which is now commonplace and omnipresent would have probably driven him in to an institution. His death in...
Shane MacGowan's widow, Victoria Mary Clarke, expressed her longstanding concern over his well-being, spanning 35 years, as he relentlessly pushed the limits of what the human body could endure. The Pogues' iconic frontman, renowned for "Fairytale of New York," passed away peacefully at 65. Clarke, speaking on ITV's Good...
Shane’s most powerful song was Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six. I recall when the Pogues performed it on Channel 4’s ‘Friday Night Live’; the producer panicked and cut to the adverts before they got to the key verses, which prompted the IBA to ban the song under the same legislation...
(note this review contains spoilers)
There has been a lot of carping by reviewers about alleged historical inaccuracies in Ridley Scott's latest film Napoleon with one writer, Simon Scarrow, claiming it was ‘the worst film’ he had seen in the last few years and that it had left him ‘gasping...
I have never watched I'm An Absolute Twat Please Poison Me and I never intend to. For me, it represents torture, not entertainment. If they let loose velociraptors and we could engage in the final moments of people whose contribution to the planet is not merely partial but nonexistent,...
Killing Joke guitarist Geordie Walker has died at 64. The band confirmed the news on Instagram, Killing Joke’s legendary guitarist Kevin ‘Geordie’ Walker passed away after suffering a stroke. He was surrounded by family.
Geordie Walker was a guitarist in the post-punk band Killing Joke. Born on January 11, 1958,...
Never been a fan. I have never believed his faux Christianity. In one moment, he legitimates my suspicions and music taste.
Thank you, Cliff.
Good on Alison Hammond subtly having a dig back at Cliff Richard here. pic.twitter.com/ke32iwPT92— Kenny McIntosh ????️???? (@KennyMcITR) November 21, 2023
Many rumours have persisted over the...
